Debating new approaches to history / edited by Marek Tamm and Peter Burke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tamm, Marek, editor.

Burke, Peter, 1937- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

History--Methodology.

History.

History--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 371 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"With its innovative format, Debating New Approaches to History addresses issues currently at the top of the discipline's theoretical and methodological agenda. In its chapters, leading historians of both older and younger generations from across the Western world and beyond discuss and debate the main problems and challenges that historians are facing today. Each chapter is followed by a critical commentary from another key scholar in the field and the author's response. The volume looks at topics such as the importance and consequences of the 'digital turn' in history (what will history writing be like in a digital age?), the challenge of posthumanist theory for history writing (how do we write the history of non-humans?) and the possibilities of moving beyond traditional sources in history and establishing a dialogue with genetics and neurosciences (what are the perspectives and limits of the so-called 'neurohistory'?). It also revisits older debates in history which remain crucial, such as what the gender approach can offer to historical research or how to write history on a global scale. Debating New Approaches to History does not just provide a useful overview of the new approaches to history it covers, but also offers insights into current historical debates and the process of historical method in the making. It demonstrates how the discipline of history has responded to challenges in society - such as digitalization, globalization and environmental concerns - as well as in humanities and social sciences, such as the 'material turn', 'visual turn' or 'affective turn'. This is a key volume for all students of historiography wanting to keep their finger on the pulse of contemporary thinking in historical research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Global history / Jürgen Osterhammel

Postcolonial history / Rochona Majumdar

Environmental history / Gregory Quenet

Gender history / Laura Lee Downs

History of memory / Geoffrey Cubitt

History of knowledge / Martin Mulsow

History of emotions / Piroska Nagy

History of things/ Ivan Gaskell

History of visual culture / Gil Bartholeyns

Digital history / Jane Winters

Neurohistory / Rob Boddice

Posthumanist history / Ewa Domaska.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Debating new approaches to history

ISBN:

9781474281911

1474281915

9781474281928

1474281923

OCLC:

1050140562